ORNL, UC Berkeley unravel real-world clues to Earth's mysteries
A microbial community thriving under bizarre natural conditions in California could be a gold mine to researchers in their quest to understand the complex biological relationships and how these inner workings might apply on a grander scale. In a paper to appear today on Science Online, researchers from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Californi...Tufts researchers shine light on firefly mysteries
This summer, in a darkened meadow west of Boston, Tufts University biologists are continuing to shine new light on the frenzied love life of fireflies. For the first time, researchers will explore the question of whether male fireflies' flashing light ?previously shown in one species to indicate superior physical and genetic quality ?has evolved in another species to provide misinformatio...How satellite tracking revealed the migratory mysteries of endangered Atlantic loggerhead turtles
Their journeys are among the longest in the animal kingdom and they have largely remained a mystery until now. An international team of scientists led by the University of Exeter have uncovered the migratory secrets of endangered loggerhead turtles in West Africa and the results could have huge implications for strategies to protect them. In a paper in the journal Current Biology, Dr Brend...Unraveling the mysteries of poison
Researchers from the Max Planck Institite for Biophysical Chemistry and other German and French colleagues have combined magnetic resonance spectroscopy (solid-state NMR) with special protein synthesis procedures to uncover how potassium channels and toxins combine and change in structure. This work could make it possible to develop medications for high blood pressure and many other diseases conn...Two central mysteries in genome inheritance solved at UCSD
The dance of the chromosomes during cell division, first described in the late 1800s and familiar to all high-school students from movies shown in biology classes, has long fascinated biologists. However, the molecular nature of a key component of cell division, the "chromosome-spindle" connection, which is critical for the inheritance of genetic information as cells divide, has remained elusive...The mysteries and the future of Web sites
Web sites have endured a hard struggle, and somehow survived where other traditional marketing tools and old principals failed. Now the same sites and domain names must face harsher realities once again, all to ensure high visibility and exposure. Today without visibility, on e-commerce, Web sites are simply doomed. While billions of Web pages are poised for the right match, they only clash into...Hidden Mysteries Of The Universe - US Telescope Scans
The Massachusetts observatory unveiled light signals transmitted to Earth by extraterrestrials by a new telescope//. It will cover 100,000 times the amount of sky covered by current equipment -according to the developers of the new telescope. Space exploration and funding the telescope's development are the Planetary Society’s work. Betts said: It is the alien ci...